Jeffrey Wright schlägt ihn gegen ihn und spielt Kommissar Gordon in ‚The Batman‘ als ‚f – rassistisch und dumm‘: ‚Es fehlt alle Logik‘
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/jeffrey-wright-backlash-commissioner-gordon-batman-racist-1236505496/
Jeffrey Wright schlägt ihn gegen ihn und spielt Kommissar Gordon in ‚The Batman‘ als ‚f – rassistisch und dumm‘: ‚Es fehlt alle Logik‘
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/jeffrey-wright-backlash-commissioner-gordon-batman-racist-1236505496/
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>During a recent interview with Collider, the “American Fiction” star discussed the negative reaction from some who thought a Black man shouldn’t play the leader of Gotham’s police force. Wright slammed the push back as “the dumbest thing” and absent of “all logic.”
>“I really find it fascinating the ways in which there’s such a conversation, and I think even more of a conversation now, about Black characters in these roles,” Wright said. “It’s just so fucking racist and stupid. It’s just so blind in a way that I find revealing to not recognize that the evolution of these films reflects the evolution of society, that somehow it’s defiling this franchise not to keep it grounded in the cultural reality of 1939 when the comic books were first published. It’s just the dumbest thing. It’s absent all logic.”
>Wright went on to say that the reason Batman has endured as an essential character in popular culture is because he was created to be “open-ended,” giving future storytellers the freedom to put their own spin on the Caped Crusader.
>“I feel that I own these stories as much as anyone. Perhaps now, because I’m a part of them, I have the most skin in the game,” he added. “[Batman creators] Bob Kane and Bill Finger are two Jewish guys up in the Bronx, imagining heroes and villains in a city that looked like the city around them at the time, but I think what they imagined was open-ended. I think that the success and the longevity of these stories and characters are owing to the openness of their imaginations and what they created.”
Yeah there’s no reason Gordon has to be white so I agree with him. His ethnicity is never relevant to anything.
Ive never seen any such backlash. I thought he was great as Gordon.
If Jeffrey Wright is in your movie, you count your fucking lucky stars. He was great as Gordon.
People who have an issue with Jeffrey Wright getting cast in anything are not real nerds
I absolutely loved Jeffrey Wright as Gordon
He also happened to be a fantastic Gordon.
Unless a character has to be a certain race or from somewhere because it’s cannon it really shouldn’t matter about skin color.
Still wish we could have seen Billy Dee Williams become Two-Face…
he was good, he wasn’t the problem with that movie
the final act felt like a totally different movie, and a let down
prior to that it was such a neat thriller/mystery
then it devolved into forgettable action
Great casting choice but not written well. Everyone in the movie is just written as morose including Gordon. He should have had more of a personality. Gordon is often more optimistic and has a wit that contrasts with Batman’s grim serious persona.
People knocked this?
Who says there was backlash on his casting? The problem with The Batman is the recency bias and glazing. It’s a good movie but it’s not the best fucking thing in existence.
Also underrated as Felix Leiter in Bond movies
Racists are so fucking dumb. Tired that they think it’s ok to still spout their bullshit.
“It’s absent all logic” — something his westworld character would say
There was zero backlash lol dudes a great actor.
he absolutely owned the role. the most comic-accurate gordon we’ve seen thus far.
Nobody complains about nick fury so what’s the issue?
Admittedly I’m not in every part of the internet but I don’t remember a ton of backlash when he was cast? I was hyped as fuck for him, didn’t realize anything more than the small vocal minority had issues.
Who is lashing back at hin for that? Literally everyone loves him as Gordon.
Are the bots sliding into his dms on the reg or something?
Or did some reporter just totally pinch off a „people are saying“ in an interview and Wright just had to respond to it?
I forgot that the right freaked out about this. He is such a good Gordon. He is right there with Gary Oldman. Both nailing the role.
This guy crushes every role he takes.
Huh? I saw nothing but praise for his Gordon. Even the most rage baity/culture grifter YouTubers never said anything about his casting. At least not that I saw. I could be wrong but he was almost universally praised in all the circles I frequent.
He was a great Gordon. Fantastic actor.
Im so tired of this shit
Black commissioner Gordon – racists whine
Black elves in Lord of the Rings show – Racists whine
Black actor playing Sea Snake and his kingdom in House of Dragon – Racists cry
So fucking stupid – let Racists cry they are SCUM
Who cares what Gordon looks like. He has a mustache and glasses. Thats all thats needed.
These kind of roles is quite alright.
Gordon isnt relevant to his skin color.
It would be a whole different matter if he was playing a character like Batman in live action ie Bruce Wayne or Peter Parker from Spiderman.
Just leave Wright as Gordon. Hes a phenomenonal choice.
Imagine talking shit about a generational talent like Jeffrey Wright. Anyone making that point has certified donkey brains.
Was there backlash?
Or is he arguing against himself?
I didn’t even know anyone didn’t like him as Gordon, I thought he killed it.
Who the hell didn’t like him in Batman? I never hear anyone dislike him in the role
People complained about that….?
Is this a strawman?
Billy Dee Williams played Harvey Dent in Batman ’89. He was supposed to reprise the role, but Schumacher took over and gave the role to Tommy Lee Jones.
This casting looks like it is correcting/erasing Schumacher’s errors.
I’ve loved this dude since Basqiat, he can do no wrong.